Senior Director Global Payroll Operations

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Acuity Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL) and Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.

We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and an audio, video and control platform. We focus on customer outcomes and drive growth and productivity to increase market share and deliver superior returns. We look to aggressively deploy capital to grow the business and to enter attractive new verticals.

Acuity Inc. is based in Atlanta, Georgia, with operations across North America, Europe and Asia. The Company is powered by approximately 13,000 dedicated and talented associates. Visit us at  .

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• This position may be based anywhere in the United Statesand includes travel as part of the responsibilities.

The Senior Director, Global Payroll & Time is responsible for the strategy, operating model, transformation, and end-to-end delivery of payroll and time services across the global enterprise. This leader will establish and execute a multi-year strategy that delivers accurate, timely, compliant, and scalable services while creating a consistent experience for associates and leaders across countries. This role requires more than deep payroll knowledge or implementation experience.

The Senior Director must be an enterprise leader who can translate business strategy into a global payroll and time roadmap, influence senior executives, lead through organizational complexity, and create accountability across internal teams, business stakeholders, technology partners, and third-party providers. The role requires practical knowledge of artificial intelligence and the ability to apply AI, automation, and emerging technologies to simplify processes, improve efficiency, strengthen controls, and enhance the payroll experience.

The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience leading payroll and time operations within a large, complex multinational organization. This individual will bring a proven record of scaling services, simplifying fragmented processes, strengthening compliance and controls, improving vendor performance, and establishing a globally consistent operating model while appropriately addressing country-specific requirements.

Open to applicants residing anywhere in the United States. Travel may be required as business needs dictate.

Global Strategy and Operating Model: Define and execute the global payroll and time strategy, operating model, governance framework, and transformation roadmap. Establish scalable global standards that support business growth, acquisitions, regulatory compliance, and evolving workforce needs.

Global Service Delivery and Operational Excellence: Lead end-to-end global payroll and time operations, ensuring accurate, timely, compliant service delivery. Drive continuous improvement through performance metrics, operational excellence, risk management, and service quality enhancements.

Executive and Business Partnership: Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on payroll and time strategy, performance, compliance, and investments. Build strong partnerships across HR, Finance, Tax, Legal, Technology, and business leaders to align solutions with enterprise priorities.

Regulatory Compliance, Tax, and Controls: Provide oversight of global payroll compliance, tax administration, statutory reporting, and internal controls. Ensure regulatory requirements are met, risks are proactively managed, and audit readiness is maintained.

Governance and Enterprise Accountability: Establish governance, performance management, escalation protocols, and accountability frameworks. Monitor operational, financial, compliance, and technology risks while driving transparency and measurable outcomes.

Vendor and Commercial Management: Lead relationships with payroll, time, technology, and managed-service providers. Oversee vendor performance, service delivery, contract management, negotiations, and value realization.

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